Few changes appeared after the SeriesA in Santiago de Chile (January 10-12), but many challenges in sight at the Paris Premier League (January 24-26). Here is the updated Olympic standing to better understand the keys to the Paris Open.
By Ludovic Mauchien / Photo : Kphotos
-67 kg
No change to note in the ranking except that Angelo Crescenzo ties up with Steven Da Costa, absent in the Santiago Series A. Burak Uygur, thanks to his success in Chile, is now ahead of Naoto Sago.
- Assadilov (Kaz), 8317.5 pts
- S. Da Costa (Fra), 6960
- Crescenzo (Ita), 6960
- Samdan (Tur), 6322.5
- Elsawy (Egy), 6022.5
- Figueira (Bre), 5422.5
- Shinohara (Jap), 4095
- Uygur (Tur), 4087.5
- Sago (Jap), 3847.5
- Brose (Bre), 36750
-75 kg
Winner in Santiago, Bahman Asgari increased his lead gap.
Thomas Scott, 5th in Chile, took some points that may prove important to Stanislav Horuna. Nishimura and Aghayev were absent.
- Asgari (Irn), 6712.5
- Busa (Ita), 5970
- Nishimura (Jap), 5872.5
- Aghayev (Aze), 5595
- Scott (USA), 4957.5
- Horuna (Ukr), 4597.5
- Ainazarov (Kaz), 3637.5
- Otaboloaev (Ouz), 3060
- Eltemur (Tur), 3052.5
- Harspatacki (Hon), 2782.5
+75 kg
Winner in +84 kg, Sajad Ganjzadeh graps some points to Ugur Aktas, eliminated prematurely. Zabiollah Poorshab, 1st in -84 kg, therefore did not take points from his compatriot, but therefore did not lose any. Jonathan Horne, finalist in +84 kg, back after his suspension, took back a few points from Georgi Arkania who, thanks to his 3rd place, is now ahead of Ryutaro Araga, absent in Chile.
- Aktas (Tur), 8782.5
- Ganjzadeh (Irn), 8107.5
- Poorshab (Irn), 7515
- Horne (All), 6472.5
- Kvesic (Cro), 5737.5
- Arkania (Geo), 4770
- Araga (Jap), 4740
- Yamanoglu (Tur), 4162.5
- Abazari (Irn), 4102.5
- Chobotar (Ukr), 4035
Kata
Kiyuna and Quintero absent, Ali Sofuoglu took the opportunity to prevail. Antonio Diaz, 3rd, consolidates his qualifying place.
- Kiyuna (Jap), 8250 pts
- Quintero (Esp), 8047.5
- Sofuoglo (Tur), 5692.5
- K. Moto (Jap), 4777.5
- Shimbaba (Jap), 4567.5
- Diaz (Fri), 3975
- Busato (Ita), 3600
- Kinjo (Jap), 2812.5
- Nishiyama (Jap), 2752.5
- Torres Gutierrez (USA), 2497.5
-55 kg
Serap Ozcelik and Anzhelica Terliuga both won. So that’s the status quo in tle lead. Behind, Tuba Yakan wins 2 places, Bettina Plank loses 2.
- Ozcelik (Tur), 8872.5
- Terliuga (Ukr), 7702.5
- Wen (Tpe), 5490
- Bahmanyar (Irn), 4597.5
- Miyahara (Jap), 4575
- Yakan (Tur), 4267.5
- Khaksar (Irn), 4147.5
- Plank (Aut), 4027.5
- Hrubrich (All), 3967.5
- Bitsch (All), 3937.5
-61 kg
Finalist, Jovana Prekovic takes a few points to Merve Coban, 3rd. But it is above all Rozita Alipourkeshka who performs the good operation. With her victory in Santiago, she comes back to the heels of Coban and Prekovic.
- Yin (Chn), 8235 pts
- Lotfy (Egy), 6420
- Prekovic (Ser), 5092.5
- Coban (Tur), 4837.5
- Alipourkeshka (Irn), 4297.5
- Philippe (Fra), 4170
- Jumaa (Can), 4027.5
- Heurtault (Fra), 3645
- Large (Per), 3435
- Someya (Jap), 2857.5
+61 kg
Victorious in -68 kg, Silvia Semeraro performs a very nice operation and ranks from 5th to 3rd place, coming close behind Elena Quirici, absent. She also widens the gap on Alizee Agier, absent, who loses a place. Finalist, Irina Zaretska consolidates her 1st place. The other good operation was made by Hamideh Abbasali, 1st in +68 kg. She collects 40 points more than Eleni Chatziliadou.
- Zaretska (Aze), 7117.5 pts
- Quirici (Sui), 5595
- Semeraro (Ita), 5280
- Uekusa (Jap), 5250
- Chatziliadou (Gre), 4905
- Abbasali (Irn), 4867.5
- Agier (Fra), 4740
- Berultseva (Ukr), 4477.5
- Ferracutti (Ita), 4207.5
- Melnyk (Ukr), 4027.5
Kata
No change in the hierarchy, especially since Sanchez Jaime and Shimizu were absent.
- Sanchez Jaime (Esp), 9712.5
- Shimizu (Jap), 8572.5
- Bottaro (Ita), 6585
- Lau (HK), 4890
- Ono (Jap), 4597.5
- Kokumai (USA), 4117.5
- Iwamoto (Jap), 3562.5
- Eltemur (Tur), 3397,5
- Dimitrova (Dom), 2325
- Feracci (Fra), 2152,5
GOOD TO KNOW
10 athletes per category are qualified at the Olympics : 4 via the standing (names highlighted in red), 3 via the Olympic Qualification Tournament (May 8-10 in Paris), 1 Japanese (hosting country), 2 IOC wild cards.
A win in a Premier League or a continental championship (coefficient 6) yields 990 points, a 2nd place 690, a 3rd place 570… Until April 6, 2019, the points were reduced by 50%.
When categories are grouped (-67 kg, +75 kg, -55 kg, +61 kg), it is the first two of each non-Olympic category that are qualified (eg the first two -60 kg and the two first -67 kg).
Each country may qualify a maximum of one athlete per category.
The standing stops on April 6, 2020. Competitions remaining : Premier League of Paris, Dubai, Salzburg, Rabat. More 2 continental championships (Africa and Europe). The points awarded at the 2019 edition of these championships have been recorded but will be replaced by those of the 2020 edition.
